PANCHA TANTRA-MITRA BHEDAA-24

 SUBHASHITHANI:343

Devaśharman, who had witnessed this entire scene ( The infidelity of the weaver's wife and smart acting of the barber's wife in conniving with her friend ) in front of his eyes, thought to himself…

नातिप्रसङ्गः प्रमदासु कार्यो नेच्छेद्

बलं स्त्रीषु विवर्धमानम् ।
अतिप्रसक्तैः पुरुषैर् यतस् ताः

क्रीडन्ति काकैर् इव लून-पक्षैः ॥ १९८ ॥

nātiprasaṅgaḥ pramadāsu kāryo necched

balaṃ strīṣu vivardhamānam |
atiprasaktaiḥ puruṣair yatas tāḥ

krīḍanti kākair iva lūna-pakṣaiḥ || 198 ||

One should not get excessively attached to a woman.. One should also not disregard the increasing dominance of women. Because, women play with the men who show too much interest in them, much like children play with crows shorn of their wings..

 सुमुखेन वदन्ति वगुना प्रहरन्त्य् एव शितेन चेतसा ।
मधु तिष्ठति वाचि योषितां हृदये हालाहलं महद्-विषम् ॥ १९९ ॥

sumukhena vadanti valgunā praharanty eva śitena cetasā |
madhu tiṣṭhati vāci yoṣitāṃ hṛdaye hālāhalaṃ mahad-viṣam || 199 ||

With a sweet tongue they talk charmingly but strike with a cold heart; honey in a woman’s words but filled with poison in her chest.

अत एव निपीयतेऽधरो हृदयं मुष्टिभिर् एव ताड्यते ।
पुरुषैः सुख-लेश-वञ्चितैर् मधु-लुब्धैः कमलं यथालिभिः ॥ २०० ॥

ata eva nipīyate'dharo hṛdayaṃ muṣṭibhir eva tāḍyate |
puruṣaiḥ sukha-leśa-vañcitair madhu-lubdhaiḥ kamalaṃ yathālibhiḥ || 200 ||

Hence it is that the nectar of their lips is drunk , while their heart is beaten with closed fists by men deluded by a particle of happiness , as is a lotus by bees attracted by its honey.

आवर्तः संशयानाम् अविनय-भवनं पत्तनं साहसानां
दोषाणां संनिधानं कपट-शत-मयं क्षेत्रम् अप्रत्ययानाम् ।
स्वर्ग-द्वारस्य विघ्नं नरक-पुर-मुखं सर्व-माया-करण्डं स्त्री
-यन्त्रं केन सृष्टं विषम् अमृत-मयं प्राणि-लोकस्य पाशः ॥ २०१ ॥

āvartaḥ saṃśayānām avinaya-bhavanaṃ pattanaṃ sāhasānāṃ
doṣāṇāṃ saṃnidhānaṃ kapaṭa-śata-mayaṃ kṣetram apratyayānām |
svarga-dvārasya vighnaṃ naraka-pura-mukhaṃ sarva-māyā-karaṇḍaṃ strī
-yantraṃ kena sṛṣṭaṃ viṣam amṛta-mayaṃ prāṇi-lokasya pāśaḥ || 201 ||

By whom is this machine in the form of woman resembling poison mixed  with nectar , created in this world for the destruction of virtue? It is a whirlpool of risks, an abode of acts of immodesty, the residence of adventurous deeds, e meeting place faults, a dwelling for hundreds of frauds, the birth place of mistrusts, which is difficult to be comprehended even by able  and eminent men and which is the repository of all kinds deceitful tricks.

 कार्कश्यं स्तनयोर् दृशोस् तरलतालीकं मुखे श्लाघ्यते
कौटिल्यं कच-संचये च वचने मान्द्यं त्रिके स्थूलता ।
भीरुत्वं हृदये सदैव कथितं माया-प्रयोगः प्रिये यासां
दोष-गणो गुणो मृग-दृशां ताः स्युर् नराणां प्रियाः ॥ २०२ ॥

kārkaśyaṃ stanayor dṛśos taralatālīkaṃ mukhe ślāghyate
kauṭilyaṃ kaca-saṃcaye ca vacane māndyaṃ trike sthūlatā |
bhīrutvaṃ hṛdaye sadaiva kathitaṃ māyā-prayogaḥ priye yāsāṃ
doṣa-gaṇo guṇo mṛga-dṛśāṃ tāḥ syur narāṇāṃ priyāḥ || 202 ||

 ( The qualities mentioned herein although bad in themselves ,constitute beauty when existing in the limbs of a woman’s body. Similar sentiments have been expressed by Thiru valluvar in Kamattu pal and Bhartruhari in Sringara satakam )

“A bosom hard is praised, a forehead low,
A fickle glance, a mumbling speech and slow,
Thick hips, a heart that constant tremors move,
A natural twist in hair, and twist in love ,
Their virtues are a pack of vices, Then
Let beasts adore the fawn-eyed things, not men.” -Translation by A.W.Ryder

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH